Posted on 06/20/2022 6:06:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Members of the Republican Party are busy betraying their base while simultaneously shooting themselves in the foot. They’re doing it by embracing so-called “red flag laws,” which is a euphemism for the creation of a separate legal system designed to target a single class of Americans (gun owners) and exact a severe penalty (gun confiscation).
That’s right, some Republicans have somehow concluded that targeting their political base (gun owners) by depriving those Americans of their fundamental constitutional right to keep and bear arms (the Supreme Court’s words, not mine) is constitutional, good public policy, and smart politics. These Republicans are wrong on all counts.
Ten Republican senators announced that they reached the “framework” of an agreement with Democrat leaders for a historic platform of new gun control laws to be rushed through Congress without the benefit of robust hearings or debate. For constitutional, public policy, and political reasons, Republicans should not put their fingerprints on any gun control laws this year or ever.
Let’s start with the constitutional argument. Gun confiscation laws masquerading as “red flag laws” form the centerpiece of the deal. Red flag laws allow the government to seize guns from people alleged to be dangerous. The evidentiary hurdle is shockingly low: a single uncorroborated accusation or complaint about the gun owner’s mental health history or current behavior will suffice to take away his guns. Often, the gun owner is not even notified of the accusations leveled against him or allowed to participate in the initial hearing deciding his fate. That’s right, the gun owner may not even be aware that his constitutional right to keep and bear arms is under attack. So, he can’t contest or refute the allegations made against him or challenge the accuser’s credibility. Think the January 6 Committee, except with the added authority...
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Yet the Bidet-Obama regime is per,itting Afghans who helped the Taliban
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-terror-bar-exemptions-afghan-evacuees-taliban
*permitting
BTTT
Bush League Republicans will always be Assistant Democrats.
Stop electing them.
Replace them with MAGA Republicans.
Hard to do when Trump himself is out there endorsing non MAGA frauds like OZ and the like
The DemonRATs’ KY RINO Gun Confiscation Act.
His endorsements of Bush Leaguers has made it almost impossible to clean them out.
They think it is their job to get along with Democrats.
Not to protect We the People from Democrats.
“Red flag laws allow the government to seize guns from people alleged to be dangerous.”.....
Not much different than say..... some complete stranger, or in some cases not, calling CPS to report you for alleged child neglect. CPS shows up and removes your children and/or grandchildren. Same song, different dance.
I’d say that 95 out of 100 senators views the public as chattel. To be husbanded, protected, cared for, milked, and otherwise exploited.
For our own good, and society’s higest purpose.
Listen to what they say. It fits that model perfectly.
Please, for the love of God, don’t vote Republican (except for Trump and those he endorses). Send all the “conservative” bums packing.
“republican”=rino Those with no future in the Republican party...
Ten republicans... All the usual suspects I assume. This “RED FLAG” law is the worst of the worst. Now every political enemy of the swamp will just be reported as a “risk” and their firearms will be seized. How long will it take to respond to 150,000,000 red flag warnings using the ATF’s and FBI’s firearm registration? (Yeah... I’m sure they don’t keep lists as required by law....)
Frankly you have to move to rural red counties in red states if you want freedom. The local LEOs won’t enforce any of this BS.
blame the electric vote counting machines that will most certainly be keeping the DC criminal class in power for the near future!
With Republicans like this who needs Democrats?
pubbies kicking away their opportunity for majority rule.
Good article.
Red flag laws are unconstitutional. The Supreme Court will rule it as such. Other restrictions that are “reasonable” may stand.
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